Cimolichthys
| Cimolichthys Temporal range: | |
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| C. nepaholica mount, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Superfamily: | †Cimolichthyoidea |
| Family: | †Cimolichthyidae Goody, 1969 |
| Genus: | †Cimolichthys Leidy, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| †Cimolichthys levesiensis Leidy, 1857 | |
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Cimolichthys (Greek for "chalk fish") is an extinct genus of large predatory marine aulopiform ray-finned fish known worldwide from the Late Cretaceous. It is the only member of the family Cimolichthyidae.